DSH Editor (deprecated — see below)

Deprecated. acryl-dsh-editor-plugin (no suffix) is now universal: dsh.client.platform: "web" covers both ACRYL Web and ACRYL Desktop identically, since Desktop's client is Chromium-rendered exactly like Web's. This -web fork existed only to work around a dsh-client-connection RPC-registration bug that also affected the bare package; that bug is now fixed there too ([email protected]+). Install the bare package instead:

dsh plugin --profile web add acryl-dsh-editor-plugin

This fork is deprecated on npm and receives no further updates.

A VS Code-style code editor that runs inside DeepSeek Harness (DSH) — and therefore inside ACRYL Desktop, which hosts the same DSH plugin runtime. It adds a Files tab to the session main area with a file tree, the Monaco editor, cross-file search/replace, a Markdown preview, and Git status/diff.

The plugin is a standard Cordis plugin (npm package). It installs with one dsh plugin add command and survives restarts.

Features

• File tree — browse the workspace directory, expand/collapse folders, Git status badges (M/A/??…); click a badge to view the diff.
• Monaco editor — multi-file tabs, syntax highlighting, configurable word wrap / minimap / font size / tab width, customizable keybindings.
• Cross-file search — powered by ripgrep: streaming incremental results, match highlighting, virtual scrolling (up to 20,000 results), case/whole-word/regex toggles, include/exclude globs, search history, cross-file replace.
• Markdown preview — source / preview / split views; rendered with marked + DOMPurify sanitization, highlight.js, mermaid diagrams, KaTeX math, and task-list checkboxes.
• Quick open — Ctrl+P with fuzzy matching on relative paths.
• Conversation path jump — Ctrl+click (Cmd+click on macOS) a file path inside an inline-code snippet in the conversation to jump straight to the Files tab and open it.
• Theme sync — follows the DSH light/dark theme; Monaco, highlight.js, and mermaid switch in real time.

Requirements

• Node.js >= 20
• A DSH (or ACRYL Desktop) installation with the dsh CLI available
• ripgrep on PATH for cross-file search (the editor degrades gracefully without it)
• git on PATH for status badges and diffs (optional)

Install

From npm (recommended)

dsh plugin --profile web add acryl-dsh-editor-plugin-web

From GitHub

dsh plugin --profile web add git+https://github.com/acryldev/acryl-dsh-editor-plugin-web.git

From a local directory

dsh plugin --profile web add file:/path/to/acryl-dsh-editor-plugin-web

After installing, restart DSH (dsh web --profile web). A Files tab appears in the session main area.

Install into ACRYL Desktop

ACRYL Desktop hosts the same DSH plugin runtime, so the same command works from its built-in terminal — omit the profile flag and the Desktop's active profile is used:

dsh plugin add acryl-dsh-editor-plugin-web

Or install from a local checkout while developing:

dsh plugin add file:/path/to/acryl-dsh-editor-plugin-web

The Desktop routes dsh plugin add through its recoverable install boundary: the active profile is snapshotted, the package is installed, and on success it is reconciled into dsh.profile.bundles. Restart ACRYL Desktop afterwards so the client module table is re-scanned and the Files tab mounts.

How installation works

dsh plugin add appends the package to dsh.profile.bundles. At profile boot, DSH merges this package's bundle patch (cordis.patch.yml) — one insert of the dsh-editor host row — exactly like a manual cordis.patch.yml mount line, and loads the browser half declared under the package's dsh.client field. The client module table scan result is cached in-process, so plugin set changes require a DSH restart to take effect.

Architecture

A DSH browser-UI plugin has two halves, declared via the npm package's dsh field:

• Host half (lib/index.js) — a standard Cordis plugin in the Node process. Injects fs, subprocess, and connection; serves the editor's private JSON RPC on the /editor connection channel:
  • fs:init, fs:stat-path, fs:project-root, fs:list, fs:read, fs:write, fs:files
  • fs:search-start / fs:search-poll / fs:search-cancel (ripgrep jobs), fs:search-replace
  • git:status, git:diff
• Client half (lib/client.js) — a browser module loaded by the DSH client runtime. Renders the React UI (file tree, tabs, Monaco, search, preview), talks to the host over the /editor channel, and registers the Files conversation view plus an Editor settings section.

The two halves are wired at boot: package.json declares dsh.bundle.patch → cordis.patch.yml (Host) and dsh.client → ./lib/client.js (Client). No profile file edits are needed.

Dynamic one-off install (try it without installing)

src/host.js and src/client.js are the same editor packaged as dynamic Cordis plugin function bodies. They can be defined inside a single DSH session with the cordis_define tool and activated with cordis_run — no profile change, but they vanish when the process restarts. See install/INSTALL.md.

Directory structure

acryl-dsh-editor-plugin-web/
├── lib/
│   ├── index.js           # Host half (Node: fs/git/ripgrep backends + /editor RPC)
│   └── client.js          # Client half (browser: UI, Monaco, search, preview via /editor RPC)
├── src/
│   ├── host.js            # Dynamic-plugin function body of the host half (reference / quick try)
│   └── client.js          # Dynamic-plugin function body of the client half
├── cordis.patch.yml       # dsh.bundle.patch: inserts the host plugin row into the profile
├── package.json           # dsh.bundle.patch + dsh.client declarations
├── install/INSTALL.md     # Install & migration guide
├── README.md
└── LICENSE

Where it's listed

• DSH Store (featured example): https://acryl.dev/store/packages/acryl-dsh-editor-plugin-web — featured at the top of the directory and used as the worked example in the publishing guide.
• npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/acryl-dsh-editor-plugin-web — tagged dsh-plugin + acryl-package, which is how the store and the DSH Desktop market catalog discover it.
• Publishing guide: https://acryl.dev/store/publishing — how to publish your own DSH plugin, using this repository as the reference.

License

MIT